Victoria slouch

24th April 2004. ZZ9 slouched around Victoria Street and the surrounding area -- including the Foreign & Commonwealth Office which was holding one of its rare open days to celebrate the ten new countries joining the European Union.

[modern art]
A piece of modern art, comissioned by John Prescott, which acts as a wind-break between the surrounding buildings.

[ZZ9ers]
ZZ9ers -- L-R: Nolly, Robert, Doug, Alex, Andrew, Simon, Silas, Ian (hiding), David, Pepper, Sharon (hiding)

[Westminster Cathedral]
Westminster Cathedral

[inside]
Inside Westminster Cathedral

[Statue]
Big hair

[Statue]
Henry Purcell -- "the man with the largest hair in the world ever"

[Drinking]
Stopping for a drink in the Westminster Arms
L-R: Pepper, Hazel, Andrew, Sharon, Robert, Dave U

[Chatting]
Outside of the pub
L-R: Doug, Simon, Silas, Hazel

[Musicians]
Musicians in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office

[Skylight]
A skylight in the FCO

[Detail]
Detail from the above

[Ceiling]
An impressive ceiling -- complete with helium balloon

[Robot]
A robot -- part of the festivities

[Book]
Later we ended up browsing the books in the Lord Moon on the Mall. This was one of them -- Abracadabra by Wolf Mankowitz

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